If here is the Netherlands. A Dutch company, Symbid, has launched its equity crowdfunding site and its pretty cool. It allows people to invest in companies from all over the world although most of the companies looking for investment are European.

So where are the Americans? We’re mired in SEC squabbles and disorganization. There have been three heads of the SEC in the past year, Mary Shapiro, Elisse Walter, and Mary Jo White.

The Feds passed the Jobs Act last spring. The SEC will not meet its deadline to release the crowdfunding regulations. They are now saying Summer 2013 ...